River City Ransom: Underground similar games & best alternatives

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River City Ransom: Underground

Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac • 2017

Should you play it?

Alex and Ryan must take to the streets to help a new crop of fighters. You'll earn money, unlock moves, and upgrade your skills in a sprawling city. This modern take on an old classic features over 500 unique street fighting moves, dozens of weapons, and fun online multiplayer modes.

What works

  • Faithful sequel with modern improvements
  • Varied characters with unique moves
  • Large open city with secrets
  • 4-player multiplayer co-op and pvp
  • Deep combo and rpg progression system

Things to keep in mind

  • Some bugs and glitches at launch
  • Steep difficulty spikes and grind
  • Unclear objectives and map navigation
  • Limited controller support beyond xbox
  • Story is minimal and sometimes confusing

What to play next

Top picks

Games that feels the closest overall

  • Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder's Revenge

  • GUNTOUCHABLES

  • Castle Crashers®

  • Secrets of Grindea

  • 20XX

  • Door Kickers: Action Squad

Less competitive

Games that feels like River City Ransom: Underground but with less competition against others

  • Holo X Break

  • River City Girls

  • Fist Puncher

  • River City Girls 2

  • Bud Spencer & Terence Hill - Slaps And Beans

  • Hammerwatch

Less exploratory

Games that feels like River City Ransom: Underground but with less exploration of areas and secrets

  • Phantom Breaker: Battle Grounds Classic

  • 99Vidas

  • Fighties

  • Alien Hominid Invasion

  • Chenso Club

  • Blazing Chrome

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Similarity map

Each dot is a game placed from its motivation profile relative to this page’s game. Direction shows which motivation differs most; distance along that axis shows how large the gap is.

  • Purple star: this page’s game at the centre — everything is relative to it.
  • Direction: each axis is a main motivational difference vs this game (e.g. more / less competitive).
  • Distance on an axis: how large that difference is (ring scales show +/− points).
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How to read the map This is a polar difference map: direction = which motivation differs, and distance = how much (same units as the sidebar deltas).

River City Ransom: Underground: A very typical example of its motivational profile. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Cooperation, Fellowship, Intimacy, Leadership. Here, the score leans higher than usual among comparable games on Competition, Status, Violence.

Last update: 03/08/2026